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- - call on
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  - call to the colors
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  - called on the carpet
  - caller
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call for
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Sense: To ask

Synonyms:

ask for, request , summon , inquire about, enquire about (UK), beg for, put in a request for, demand , plead for, clamour for (UK), clamor for (US)

Sense: To need

Synonyms:

require , demand , necessitate, deserve , need , exact , expect , make necessary, compel , oblige, take

Sense: To come to get

Synonyms:

come for, stop for, collect , fetch , obtain, pick up, go and get

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